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Comeback at 87 fails for first Eurovision winner

December 12 2011, 12:01am, The Times

Lys AssiaEnnio Leanza/AP

The first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest has failed in her attempt to make a comeback.

Lys Assia, 87, had sought to become the oldest singer to take part in the contest that she won in the year of its inception, 1956, with Refrain. However, she came eighth out of 14 in the process to select a singer to represent Switzerland in the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. The jury said that her ballad C’etait ma vie (It was my life) lacked “modern elements”. (AP)